A portrait of Major Ajit Singh, MVC – the hero of 1962 Hot Springs operation. (Photo for India Sentinels collected by Jai Samota via special arrangement) “Let Chinese blood flow at the Hot Springs. We are well prepared, and my men ar...
Chinese troops attacking an Indian Army post at Galwan in 1962. (Photo credit: mymemo.cn99.com)In 1962, China said the establishment of the Indian military post at Galwan was an attempt to grab land by India. Galwan is one of the most-used terms by t...
The Rezang-la War Memorial. (Photo collected by Jai Samota through special arrangement.)“We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory.” ~ Charles WolfeAfter the eight-day battle, which...
Indian Army’s Gorkha troops sitting with China’s PLA troops somewhere in eastern Ladakh (exact location unknown). This photo was taken by a Chinese soldier days before the 1962 war started.“When we were flown into that post, we knew...
As an otherwise dull and drab November rolls on in 2020 and the memories of India’s latest victim of anti-personnel mine, SFF Commando Nyima Tenzin, fades away, let us take our readers back to another November, 49 years ago – and another ...
An Indian Army soldier training with a Sig Sauer rifle.New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, on Monday, approved the purchase of another 72,000 Sig Sauer assault rifles for the Indian Army from the United States. The deal is worth ₹780 cr...
New Delhi: Indian Army’s Bhimber Gali Brigade has commemorated Bhimber Gali Diwas to remember the gallant action of Capt Chander Narain Singh, who laid down his life while combating Pakistani infiltrators in Galuthi in Rajauri zone of Jammu &am...
New Delhi: In an effort to enhance the lethality and range of a soldier vis-a-vis the presently used weapon, the government on Thursday signed the capital acquisition contract with Israel Weapons Industries for procurement of 16,479 Light Machine Gun...
Lucknow: Over 200 partnerships involving signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), Transfer of Technology (ToTs), Product launches were concluded on the third day of DefExpo 2020 at ceremony tilted “Bandhan”.The pacts, aimed at forgi...